Using social media to get a job: Is Going Above and Beyond the New Standard?
Earlier this month, I wrote an article for The Argosy on a 4th-year student Daniel Hebert who did more the standard writing a cover letter with a resume when he…
Geoff Campbell
Mount Allison University Class of 2012 Video Project
As my last major project working in Communications this semester I’ll be helping to create videos of graduating students from each academic program (Arts, Science, Fine Arts, Music, and Commerce)…
Tell me about yourself
As I prepare for graduate scholarship interviews and life beyond the bubble of Mount Allison University/Sackville, NB I think more and more of how to effectively turn my background and…
Mount Allison University Professor James Devine to testify at Canadian Senate Hearing
One of my professors, Dr. James Devine will be travelling to Ottawa to testify before the Canadian Senate‘s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee to “Examine and report on…
So I got into grad school…
Hey everybody, So, as you may know I’m a firm believer in the value of an education at Mount Allison University. Many, including myself were somewhat concerned about the reputation…
Website Feedback Requested for The Argosy, Mount Allison’s Student Newspaper
Hi everybody, In case not all of you know, I’m the Online Editor at The Argosy, Mount Allison University’s Student Newspaper (now since 1872). I went to the Canadian University…
On being more than a student at Mount Allison University
Some of the most important things I’ve done at University besides schoolwork. Completing graduate school application was the first real confirmation of what I had heard from a few people…
The Argosy hosts a debate of candidates for the Students’ Administrative Council at Mount Allison University
The Argosy just wrapped up hosting a debate of all the candidates for the SAC executive on Sunday and I was there live-streaming it to those who weren’t there. If…
Mount Allison University plans website redesign
As you may know, the University is undertaking a redesign of mta.ca. I’m on the Web Advisory Group which is providing input to the project. I talked to the Tony…
The Argosy hosts a SAC all-candidates debate
The Argosy will be hosting a SAC all-candidates debate at 7pm tonight in the Wu Centre (Dunn Building). Tune in here if you can’t make it in person: Watch live…
Norovirus Hits #NASH74: A Case Study in Crisis Communication
As many of you have heard, including from the school administration a few of us from Mount Allison went to the 74th Annual Conference of the Canadian University Press. There…
Canadian University Press Archipelago (74th Annual National Conference)
I got in yesterday to the Canadian University Press’ 74th Annual National Conference known as Archipelago (as each member paper is like an island in an archipelago). Anyway it was…
Flying back to Canada for the last time (?)
I just finished a bit of self-reflection over the break including writing a narrative about my life. I thought about coming to the US from Canada and not really thinking…
"Top Ten" Break-Up Songs for Guys
Breaking up with someone or being broken-up with is rarely an enjoyable experience. As with most things in life, some good music can come in handy to speed recovery It…
Welcome to Gryffindor House…err…I mean Mount Allison
So I mentioned earler, Mount Allison’s colours closely resemble those of Gryffindor/Hogwarts and the new scarves only highlight the similarity. Now there’s a new poster alluding to Mount Allison’s resemblance…
A better orientation
I was just walking downtown from campus (near the corner of Landsdowne and York) and someone drove up and asked me where Convocation Hall was. I pointed right behind his…
All over but the waiting…
I just confirmed with my three top graduate schools (in no particular order: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse, New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies…
Mount Allison’s 50th Rhodes Scholar: Rebecca Anne Dixon
I recently received an e-mail from a parent of a prospective parent who was worried by, among other things, rumors she heard that Mount Allison graduates don’t perform do well…
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier to give a public lecture at Mount Allison on the human dimensions of climate change at Mount Allison
via mta.ca: Visiting Scholar Sheila Watt-Cloutier to lecture on human dimensions of climate change 2011-11-24 12:31:20 Sheila Watt‐Cloutier, an Inuk climate change advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, will be…
Amnesty International campaigner visits campus
Last Thursday, Amnesty International Mount Allison Hosted Craig Benjamin, Amnesty International Canada’s Human Rights Campaigner for Aboriginal Peoples. I organized the visit and the Centre for International Studies provided much…